This is the Final call fro Entries for the Co-production market for the Cape Town Film Mart running from 6 - 8 November 2013.  Producer / director teams form South African co-production treaty countries are welcome to submit entries. South African projects may apply, advantaged projects are those who are looking for co-production partners or finance from one or more of the South African eight-coproduction treaty countries which are: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Ita...

Films from Azerbaijan, Serbia, Belgium, France, Germany, Russia, Mexico, Slovakia and South Africa were among the winners of the 5th edition of the Cape Winelands Film Festival (CWFF), which had its last screenings on 24 March 2012 in Stellenbosch and Cape Town. The programme included award winning features, documentaries and shorts from more than 48 countries. 2012 Grand Prix Award: Grand Prix Award for the film BUTA Ilgar Najaf from Azerbaijan won the Grand Prix Award for Buta, a story...

The 5th edition of Cape Winelands Film Festival (CWFF), which is scheduled to take place from 14-24 March 2012, in Cape Town and Stellenbosch, has launched its call for entries today. Feature films, Short Films and Documentaries submissions are eagerly awaited. Entry forms, rules, and regulations are available on the Festival Website(http://films-for-africa.co.za).    Features: Features are all fiction films more than 60 minutes of length Shorts: Shorts are all fiction...

...

2011 Awards FEATURE FILMS Grand Prix Award : Princess - Dir. Arto Halonen (Finland) Best Director Award : Marko Raat - Snow Queen ( Estonia) Special Mention : Do Elephants Pray ? - Dir. Paul Hills (UK) DOCUMENTARIES Best Documentary Award : The World according to Ion B - Dir. Alexander Nanau (Romania) Best South African Documentary Award : Afrikaaps - Dir. Dylan Valley (South Africa) Special Mention : There Once Was an Island - Dir Briar March (New Zealan...

The Entries for South Africa's 4th Cape Winelands Film Festival taking place from 16 - 26 March 2011 are now officially closed.  An overwhelming number of entries ( 746 entries) from 51 countries were received by the Festival Office. The various selection panels are already hard at word busy selecting the films for the various competition sections. We want all filmmakers to know that we will notify all of our entrant within the next few days as to the status of your films. Thank you for your ov...

The 4th edition of Cape Winelands Film Festival (CWFF), which is scheduled to take place from 16–26 March, 2011, in Cape Town and Stellenbosch, has launched its call for entries today. Feature films, Short Films and Documentaries submissions are eagerly awaited. Entry forms, rules, and regulations are available on the Festival Website (http://films-for-africa.co.za ).   1.      Features: Features are all fiction films more than 50 minutes of length 2.     ...

On behalf of the Cape Winelands Film Festival, I want to take a moment to formally thank all of our sponsors, volunteers and staff that put forth the effort in this year's 2010 Festival to help make it as successful as it was. This year'sevent that was held from 17 – 27 March at the beautiful Spier Amphitheatre, Labia Theatres, Iziko Museum, and CityVarsity Theatre and was financially sponsored and supportedby : The City of Cape Town, The Spier Wine Estate, The Brazilian Consulate Ge...

 Oneof South Africa’s largest film festivals, Cape Winelands Film Festival,has announced that its 2010 edition will take place from 17-27 March2010. The official call for entries for the festival, which takes placein Cape Town and the wine district of Stellenbosch, South Africa hasbeen announced. Thereare four categories for consideration:1. Feature Films2. Documentary Feature Film3. Short Film : Professional4. Short Film : New DirectorWithinthese, the following prizes will be awarded:1. G...